Summer Courses

Course Description: An introduction to the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of oral, visual, and written communication. Introduces basic communication models, the role of language in communication, symbols and symbol making, issues of audience analysis, and the development of different modes of discourse. Also explores the history of communication and introduces students to basic principles and research in communication studies.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: The public speaking course is designed to equip the student with knowledge of the theories and principles necessary for formal public speaking. Informative and persuasive speeches are the focus with emphasis on organization, evidence, language use, strategy, delivery, and effective use of media aids. Public speaking is generally offered each semester.

Session: 6-Week Session 2 (6/29-8/11)

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Course Description: The history and development of U.S. media, theoretical aspects of mass communications, the composition of media audiences, law and regulation of mass communications and how the media affect and are affected by society are presented.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: An introduction to principles and practices of advertising. Topics include advertising theories, ethics, regulation, consumer research, media planning, message strategy, and campaign planning strategy.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: Interpersonal communication provides analysis and application of the major theories of interpersonal communication in various situations. The course focuses on perception of self and others, language use, nonverbal communication, and symbolic interaction in the communication of shared meanings in face-to-face and mediated interpersonal relationships. There is a strong focus on both conflict management and intercultural interactions.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: Technology-mediated communication (TMC) was originally defined as a form of electronic written communication. As networking tools advanced, TMC expanded to include new software developments, such as instant messenger and the web. Today, the term technology-mediated communication is used to refer to a wide range of technologies that facilitate both human communication and the interactive sharing of information through computer networks. Through readings, discussions, and observations of online behavior, students will be introduced to TMC terms and theories to further develop their TMC communication and critical thinking skills.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: This course provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their capabilities developed through their course of study to design, develop and/or evaluate a Smart Cities, Transportation, and Construction Management related project culminating in a written report or manuscript and presentation.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: This course provides an introduction to criminal justice. One of the primary goals of this course is to provide a general understanding of how the criminal justice system responds to crime in society. The main component parts of the criminal justice system (i.e., police, courts, and corrections) will be examined with a particular emphasis on developing an understanding of the behavior and interactions among the main actors in the criminal justice system. To accomplish this goal, we will examine how criminal cases are processed in the criminal justice system. We will also consider how external forces, such as political decisions, public opinion, and the media influence criminal justice decision-making. Students will also formulate, argue, and evaluate ethical perspectives regarding criminal justice systems, individual-level decisions, and recognize relationships with other ethical problems in society. Finally, throughout the course we will emphasize how the societal response to crime has evolved over time.

Session: 6-Week Session 2 (6/29-8/11)

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Course Description: This course provides an introduction to criminal justice. One of the primary goals of this course is to provide a general understanding of how the criminal justice system responds to crime in society. The main component parts of the criminal justice system (i.e., police, courts, and corrections) will be examined with a particular emphasis on developing an understanding of the behavior and interactions among the main actors in the criminal justice system. To accomplish this goal, we will examine how criminal cases are processed in the criminal justice system. We will also consider how external forces, such as political decisions, public opinion, and the media influence criminal justice decision-making. Students will also formulate, argue, and evaluate ethical perspectives regarding criminal justice systems, individual-level decisions, and recognize relationships with other ethical problems in society. Finally, throughout the course we will emphasize how the societal response to crime has evolved over time.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: This course provides a general overview of policing in the United States. The historical development of modern policing will be explored with an emphasis on the evolving relationships between police organizations, the justice system, and society at large. The role of the police in society, social and legal constraints on police practice, policy reform, and the relationship between police and communities will be discussed. Throughout the course students will interrogate the tension that exists between police authority, efforts to address public safety, and the need to uphold individual liberties and ethical expectations.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: This course investigates the complex socio-historical forces that influence race/ ethnicity, crime and punishment in the U.S. from a criminological/sociological perspective. As such, this course interrogates the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups (e.g. Blacks, Latinos, European Immigrants and Asians) within the U.S. criminal legal system, focusing on the role of the system as a means of social control of these groups. After a brief overview of racial inequality in the U.S., we examine the criminalization of racial and ethnic groups, the distribution of crime and victimization among various racial and ethnic groups, theoretical perspectives on the race/ethnicity and crime relationship, and then turn our attention to the role of race and racism in the component parts of the criminal legal system, namely policing, courts and the various punishment regimes.

Session: 6-Week Session 2 (6/29-8/11)

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Course Description: Focuses on contemporary issues and topics not otherwise distinctly incorporated in established criminal justice courses. Concentrates on student discussion and interaction surrounding required readings on topics such as crime prevention and issues in the prosecution/court system. Recent examples include cyberlaw, prisoner re-entry restorative justice, wrongful convictions, crime mapping, crime analysis, non-traditional courts, legal controversies in the law, substance abuse, and legal research.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/13-6/26)

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Course Description: This course delves further into problem solving by continuing the discussion of data structure use and design, but now from an object-oriented perspective. Key topics include more information on tree and graph structures, nested data structures, objects, classes, inheritance, interfaces, object-oriented collection class libraries for abstract data types (e.g. stacks, queues, maps, and trees), and static vs. dynamic data types. Concepts of object-oriented design are a large part of the course. Software qualities related to object orientation, namely cohesion, minimal coupling, modifiability, and extensibility, are all introduced in this course, as well as a few elementary object-oriented design patterns. Input and output streams, graphical user interfaces, and exception handling are covered. Students will also be introduced to a modern integrated software development environment (IDE). Programming projects will be required.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: An introduction to the hardware and software organization of computer systems. The course emphasizes a multilevel model of computer organization. Topics include the digital logic level; the micro architecture level; the machine instruction set level; the operating system level; and the assembly language level. Programming assignments will be required.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the design and analysis of algorithms. It covers a variety of classical algorithms and data structures and their complexity and will equip students with the intellectual tools to design, analyze, implement, and evaluate their own algorithms.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: This course provides a broad introduction to the principles and practice of modern data management, with an emphasis on the relational database model. Topics in relational database systems include data modeling; the relational model; relational algebra; Structured Query Language (SQL); and data quality, transactions, integrity and security. Students will also learn approaches to building relational database application programs. Additional topics include object-oriented and object-relational databases; semi-structured databases (such as XML); and information retrieval. A database project is required.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: An introduction to the theories and algorithms used to create artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Topics include search algorithms, logic, planning, machine learning, and applications from areas such as computer vision, robotics, and natural language processing. Programming assignments are an integral part of the course.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: An introduction to both foundational and modern machine learning theories and algorithms, and their application in classification and regression. Topics include: Mathematical background of machine learning (e.g. statistical analysis and visualization of data), Bayesian decision theory, parametric and non-parameteric classification models (e.g., SVMs and Nearest Neighbor models) and neural network models (e.g. Convolutional, Recurrent, and Deep Neural Networks). Programming assignments are required.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: This course is a study of the syntax and semantics of a diverse set of high-level programming languages. The languages chosen are compared and contrasted in order to demonstrate general principles of programming language design and implementation. The course emphasizes the concepts underpinning modern languages rather than the mastery of particular language details. Programming projects will be required.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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Course Description: This course is an in-depth study of data communications and networks. The course covers design of, and algorithms and protocols used in, the physical, data link, network, transport, and application layers in the Internet; methods for modeling and analyzing networks, including graphs, graph algorithms, and discrete event simulation; and an introduction to network science. Programming projects will be required.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/13-8/11)

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